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The image shows a landscape with mountains, a town, swirling clouds in the sky, a seated figure near a stream pointing towards a flying figure with wings and a caduceus, and a bull looking to the right. Lush trees and rocky formations frame the scene. The illustration uses fine line work resembling engravings with a monochrome color palette.
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The image shows a landscape with mountains, a town, swirling clouds in the sky, a seated figure near a stream pointing towards a flying figure with wings and a caduceus, and a bull looking to the right. Lush trees and rocky formations frame the scene. The illustration uses fine line work resembling engravings with a monochrome color palette.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Balthus Turned to Stone

Crescenzio Onofri

Date
1696
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 31.8 x 44.7 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.2 x 50 cm (13 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1985.3.16
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • Landscape
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Balthus
Inscription

across bottom in plate: In oedibus Marchionis Caroli Theoduli Oppidi Sancti Viti pinxit et oere incidit Crescentius de Hunufrys.;later hand on verso: ST8384L155 / B9 / 94/

NGA object ID 65805. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.